Appeal No. 1996-1049
Application No. 08/238,681
In a reply brief filed on October 30, 1995 (paper no.
11), appellant requested that claim 1, which is the sole
independent claim directed toward the molded element, be
amended to read as follows:
1. In a molded element containing therein a horizontally
disposed bore for receiving a fastener therein, the
improvement comprising:
a plurality of downwardly disposed first elements having
distal ends, said plurality of first elements being spaced
apart from one another; and
a plurality of upwardly disposed second elements having
distal ends, said plurality of second elements being spaced
apart from one another;
wherein said plurality of first elements are offset from
said plurality of second elements;
wherein said distal ends of said plurality of first
elements and said distal ends of said plurality of second
elements are outwardly arcuate and combine to form a
horizontally disposed bore cylindrical having at least one end
open for receiving a threaded fastener therein.
This amendment, which added “are outwardly arcuate and”,
“cylindrical” and “threaded” in the last element of claim 1,
and canceled claim 3, was not submitted in a separate paper
and entered into the record. In a subsequent amendment filed
on May 27, 1997 (paper no. 15), an amendment was submitted
which included adding “cylindrical” but did not include adding
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